Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततः स शीततोयेन संसिक्तश्च पुनःपुनः । लब्ध्वाशु चेतनां कृच्छ्रात्स्वजनैः परिवारितः । प्रलापान्विविधांश्चक्रे ताडयन्स्वशिरो मुहुः

Transliteration

tataḥ sa śītatoyena saṃsiktaśca punaḥpunaḥ | labdhvāśu cetanāṃ kṛcchrātsvajanaiḥ parivāritaḥ | pralāpānvividhāṃścakre tāḍayansvaśiro muhuḥ

Translation

Puis, il fut aspergé à plusieurs reprises d'eau froide. Reprenant conscience avec peine, entouré de ses proches, il poussa de nombreuses lamentations en se frappant la tête encore et encore.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śīta-toyena: with cold water
• śīta-toyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta (प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘शीतं तोयम्’

• saṃsiktaḥ: sprinkled, wetted
• saṃsiktaḥ: Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + sic (धातु) + saṃsikta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘सः’ इति विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• punaḥ-punaḥ: again and again
• punaḥ-punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय) + punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (repetitive adverb)

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive)

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• cetanām: consciousness, awareness
• cetanām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kṛcchrāt: with difficulty, painfully
• kṛcchrāt: Hetu/Prakāra (Cause/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb); पञ्चमी-अर्थे ‘कृच्छ्रात्’ = ‘कष्टात्/कष्टेन’

• sva-janaiḥ: by his own people/relatives
• sva-janaiḥ: Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/Associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘स्वा जनाः’ (one's own people)

• parivāritaḥ: surrounded
• parivāritaḥ: Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + vṛ (धातु) + parivārita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘सः’ इति विशेषणम्

• pralāpān: ramblings, lamentations
• pralāpān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• vividhān: various
• vividhān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘प्रलापान्’ इति विशेषणम्

• cakre: did, made, uttered
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• tāḍayan: striking, beating
• tāḍayan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Concomitant action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāḍ (धातु) + tāḍayat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त/वर्तमानकृदन्त; क्रियासहचर (simultaneous action)

• sva-śiraḥ: his own head
• sva-śiraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘स्वं शिरः’

• muhuḥ: again and again, repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (repeatedly)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Relatives sprinkle cold water on the collapsed man; he slowly awakens, surrounded by concerned kin; upon regaining senses he laments loudly and strikes his head in anguish.

Characters & Entities

• Subhadraka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognition of wrongdoing produces remorse; such repentance is the doorway to corrective dharma and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; sprinkling with cold water is a narrative act of reviving, not a stated expiation.